Pastoral Meanderings

The Random Thoughts of a Lutheran Parish Pastor

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

In search of a sacrament. . .

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I have often thought that there is no such thing as a non-sacramental Christian church.  The issue is not whether or not to have sacraments ...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

A tragedy within another one. . .

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According to the dictionary, a tragedy is not simply something terrible but a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or...
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Making it all seem normal. . .

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If you would have told me fifty years ago that I would have encountered members of my parish or circle of friends who had employed or were c...
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Monday, September 21, 2026

Mimicking the Mimic

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It should come as no surprise that the teachers also learn from the students, the parents from their children.  What might come as a shock i...
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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Things collecty. . .

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The collect appointed for us to pray on Trinity 5 (and also on Proper 7C) is one of the good ones with some history, some interesting detail...
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Saturday, September 19, 2026

A convenient construct. . .

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Those who delight in muddying the waters of gender put distance between the person and their reproductive organs, between the feelings of th...
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I have been a Lutheran Pastor for more than 45 years, serving in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod first at Resurrection in Cairo, NY, and then at Grace, Clarksville, TN. I am am newly retired after 32 years as Senior Pastor at Grace and still figuring out what to do with myself. Now as Pastor Emeritus, I have more time on my hands for the myriad of thoughts that cross my mind. Obviously not all of equal weight or importance, this is the place where you meet some of those meandering thoughts from this pastoral mind.
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